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Clouds and venture capital: Both sides of health technology news

NPR reports that how cloud computing is changing the health care industry as Reuters notes that venture capital funding for health technology is getting harder to raise.

3 Oct 2012

Senate leaders working on post-election plan to avoid 'fiscal cliff'

The New York Times reports that a bipartisan group is trying to find a path to a deficit reduction deal, but Democrats and Republicans still remain far apart on details.

3 Oct 2012

NYU Langone completes robotic surgery education sessions

The Robotic Surgery Center at NYU Langone Medical Center recently completed its second year offering monthly robotic surgery education sessions for minimally invasive robotic procedures.

3 Oct 2012

Feed the Future video shows progress in fight against global hunger

USAID's "IMPACTblog" features a "video of the week" from the State Department's Feed the Future initiative. In the three-minute video, "narrator Matt Damon discusses U.S. efforts to turn the tide against global hunger and increase agricultural production around the world through Feed the Future," according to the blog.

3 Oct 2012

RyMed Technologies to host symposium on origin of catheter-related bloodstream infections

RyMed Technologies will host a breakfast symposium on the origin of catheter-related bloodstream infections (CRBSIs) and how to prevent them at the upcoming Annual Scientific Meeting of the Association for Vascular Access (AVA).

3 Oct 2012

Study finds Medicare may favor skilled-nursing facilities over hospice

According to findings published in the Archives of Internal Medicine, almost a third of Medicare beneficiaries use their benefits to pay for nursing home end-of-life services.

3 Oct 2012

Study finds access to doctors' notes helps patients manage their health

Patients who have access to doctor's notes in their medical records are more likely to understand their health issues, recall what the doctor told them and take their medications as prescribed, according to a study published Monday.

3 Oct 2012

Conflicts straining U.N. resources to respond to refugees, displaced persons

"A combination of major new conflicts and unresolved ones around the world are increasingly straining humanitarian resources at unprecedented levels, the head of the United Nations refugee agency warned" on Monday, the U.N. News Centre reports.

3 Oct 2012

NPR's 'Morning Edition' reports on increasing number of polio cases in Nigeria

NPR's "Morning Edition" host Steve Inskeep on Monday interviewed reporter Jason Beaubien, who is traveling in northern Nigeria, about the country's increase in polio cases this year. Beaubien discussed myths and fears surrounding polio vaccination in Nigeria, including beliefs that the immunization will sterilize children, but also said one of the most encouraging things ... is that the religious leaders in northern Nigeria are now really united.

3 Oct 2012

Obama administration urges states to pursue the health law's Medicaid expansion

Even as federal officials push states to expand Medicaid programs, at least a dozen states are not ready or not willing to set up state-based health exchanges -- another aspect of the health law that is key to expanding insurance coverage.

3 Oct 2012

Washington Post buys major stake in Celtic Healthcare Inc.; Tenet plans buybacks

Post Co. said Monday it would buy a majority stake in Celtic Healthcare Inc., a closely held provider of hospice and home health care in Pennsylvania and Maryland. Terms of the deal weren't disclosed, although one analyst, Sheryl Skolnick of CRT Capital Group, said average valuations suggests the deal could have been worth at least $50 million. That is a drop in the bucket for Post Co., which has a market capitalization of $2.7 billion.

3 Oct 2012

Aid organization urges more aid focus on disaster prevention rather than reaction

Islamic Relief Worldwide on Monday "urged the U.N. to establish a global contingency fund for disaster prevention as it is cheaper to help prepare for floods and drought than spend billions on emergencies," the Guardian reports.

3 Oct 2012

Debate primer: 'A mere 15 minutes' set aside to cover lots of differences on health policies

News outlets set the scene for some of the tough health policy questions the two presidential candidates might face during tomorrow night's debate. And new ads about the health law and women's health issues have been unleashed.

3 Oct 2012

Humble Surgical Hospital acquires Mazor Robotics’ Renaissance system

Mazor Robotics Ltd., a developer of innovative surgical robots and complementary products, today announced that Humble Surgical Hospital in Humble, Texas acquired its Renaissance system.

3 Oct 2012

ABC News profiles former U.N. diplomat responsible for building first maternity hospital in Somalia

ABC News profiles Edna Adan, a 75-year-old former U.N. diplomat responsible for building the first maternity hospital in her country of Somalia. "I could have retired and lived somewhere else in the world, but I think I would have found it difficult to live with myself," Adan told ABC News, according to the news service. In 1991, she "cashed in her pension from the World Health Organization, sold all of her jewelry and belongings -- including her favorite car, a Mercedes -- and spent $300,000 of her own money to build a hospital," the news service writes.

3 Oct 2012

Clemson University launches Medical Device Recycling and Reprocessing Certificate Program

Clemson University has established the first program to train engineers to recycle and reprocess medical devices. The Medical Device Recycling and Reprocessing Certificate Program offered by the Clemson University Biomedical Engineering Innovation Campus (CUBEInC) was developed in response to the dramatic market adoption of reprocessing in recent years.

3 Oct 2012

Executive order signed last week should be 'first of several steps' taken against human trafficking

A New York Times editorial reflects on "a strong executive order aimed at ending human trafficking activities by government contractors and subcontractors," announced by President Obama on September 25 "in a passionate address on the issue ... at the Clinton Global Initiative."

3 Oct 2012

Trauma surgeons identify reasons why young pedestrians are struck by motor vehicles

Trauma surgeons have identified two preventable reasons why young pedestrians are struck by motor vehicles—poor guardian supervision and distraction because of mobile device use.

3 Oct 2012

Scientific American examines intersection of humanitarian aid, economic development, climate change

Scientific American examines the intersection of humanitarian aid, economic development, and climate change, saying, "Environmental, humanitarian, and economic challenges do not exist in isolation, but that is how the world most often deals with them."

3 Oct 2012

Kaiser Family Foundation report provides first comprehensive look at Defense Department's role in global health

"The Department of Defense is estimated to have spent more than half a billion dollars to support a variety of global health-related activities in fiscal year 2012 -- more than either the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention or the National Institutes of Health dedicated to global health in the same year, according to a new report from the Kaiser Family Foundation," a report summary on the foundation's webpage states.

3 Oct 2012

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Clouds and venture capital: Both sides of health technology news

Senate leaders working on post-election plan to avoid 'fiscal cliff'

NYU Langone completes robotic surgery education sessions

Feed the Future video shows progress in fight against global hunger

RyMed Technologies to host symposium on origin of catheter-related bloodstream infections

Study finds Medicare may favor skilled-nursing facilities over hospice

Study finds access to doctors' notes helps patients manage their health

Conflicts straining U.N. resources to respond to refugees, displaced persons

NPR's 'Morning Edition' reports on increasing number of polio cases in Nigeria

Obama administration urges states to pursue the health law's Medicaid expansion

Washington Post buys major stake in Celtic Healthcare Inc.; Tenet plans buybacks

Aid organization urges more aid focus on disaster prevention rather than reaction

Debate primer: 'A mere 15 minutes' set aside to cover lots of differences on health policies

Humble Surgical Hospital acquires Mazor Robotics’ Renaissance system

ABC News profiles former U.N. diplomat responsible for building first maternity hospital in Somalia

Clemson University launches Medical Device Recycling and Reprocessing Certificate Program

Executive order signed last week should be 'first of several steps' taken against human trafficking

Trauma surgeons identify reasons why young pedestrians are struck by motor vehicles

Scientific American examines intersection of humanitarian aid, economic development, climate change

Kaiser Family Foundation report provides first comprehensive look at Defense Department's role in global health

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